Events and Exhibitions

Northern Italy is facing water scarcity amid hottest summer since 1945! PAVIA, Italy… Northern Italy is battling its worst drought in 70 years, with the government recently declaring a state of emergency in five regions due to a lack of rain and sweltering temperatures. Since the beginning of the year …

The harvest of Taşköprü (a district of Kastamonu province) garlic, known as “white gold” in Kastamonu, has begun. Garlic, which is the main income source of approximately 4 thousand families, is estimated to produce around 25 thousand tonnes this year. According to the quality and size of the garlic, kilogram …

Parliamentary Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Affairs Commission Member, Ayhan Barut, Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy, stated that the grain corridor summit in Istanbul is important and said, “The whole world saw once again in the pandemic that there is no life without agriculture. Agriculture is a strategic sector. Therefore, our …

Russia and Ukraine have agreed on the establishment of secure corridors for exporting the Ukrainian grain from the Black Sea, the Turkish defense minister has said, adding that the sides will sign an agreement during the next week’s meeting again in Türkiye, announcing that a months-long impasse is broken at the Istanbul meeting on July 13. …

Turkiye’s minister of agriculture and forestry on Wednesday called for international and multilateral cooperation to tackle food insecurity. In his address to the Economic Cooperation Organization’s (ECO) 7th Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture in Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent, Professor Dr. Vahit Kirişci said: “Our primary responsibility is to leave a habitable world …

Understanding the environmental and gender dimensions of pesticide use is essential to promoting green agriculture in Central Asia and Türkiye… Press release… A three-day meeting focusing on the environmental and gender dimensions of pesticide use in Central Asia and Türkiye is taking place within the framework of the FAO project “Lifecycle Management …

On 13 September 2022 Foodvalley NL organises a first hybrid event for their Upcycling Community. The event aims to inspire community partners with innovative developments, initiatives and research outcomes related to ‘upcycling food’, presented by knowledgeable speakers. Major opportunities The Upcycling Community focusses on scaling up the use of residual streams for …

Press release… Gümüldür tangerine will get rid of Mediterranean fruit fly with traps… The world-famous İzmir’s Gümüldür tangerine will get rid of the Mediterranean fruit fly with traps. Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association distributed 2,500 Mediterranean fruit fly traps to producers in Menderes, Selçuk and Seferihisar districts, which …

The “Small in Scale, Big in Value” project was launched in cooperation with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Metro Turkiye and Muğla Province Trout Breeders’ Association. Within the scope of the project, which aims to protect small and traditional family fishery and to give trout the value …

Turkiye could re-export grain products like wheat, oat and barley from the Black Sea to countries in need after talks with Russia and Ukraine, the country’s president said Friday. Speaking after Friday prayers in Istanbul, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said he would discuss the matter with both Russia and Ukraine …